Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Asia AF · AFG landlocked
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- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان · Dari
2 more names
د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت · PashtoOwganystan Yslam Respublikasy · Turkmen - Capital
- Kabul
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 37 million
- Area
- 652,230 km²
- Currency
- Afghan afghani (AFN)
- Neighbours
- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China
- Internet / phone
- .af · +93
Where it is
Notable facts
- Afghanistan sits on the ancient Silk Road, and the Khyber Pass has been a strategic gateway between Central and South Asia for millennia.
- The Bamiyan Valley held two colossal 6th-century Buddha statues, destroyed in 2001; the empty niches remain a World Heritage site.
- The country is famous for lapis lazuli, mined in Badakhshan for over 6,000 years and traded as far as ancient Egypt.
- The Wakhan Corridor, a narrow finger of land in the northeast, was created as a buffer between the Russian and British empires.
World Heritage 2 sites
- Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam In danger
- Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley In danger
National dish
Kabuli palawقابلی پلو Steamed rice cooked in meat stock, heaped over lamb and topped with fried carrot slivers and raisins.